03-West Bengal Report.pdf - People's watch
03-West Bengal Report.pdf - People's watch
03-West Bengal Report.pdf - People's watch
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FF Code : W.B./ MON (Aditi Kar)/Kolkata/<br />
June-20/06/2007/Sl.No.-52<br />
Victim(s) : 1) Jageshwar Rabi Das;<br />
2) Lata Das<br />
Perpetrator(s) : 1) Rabin Haldar, Duty Officer;<br />
2) Unnamed Duty Officer<br />
Location : Bartala PS<br />
Date of incident : 08/06/2007<br />
<strong>West</strong> <strong>Bengal</strong><br />
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Case Details:<br />
Victim Jageshwar Rabi Das lives with his wife and children at Arabindo Sarani. His relatives<br />
Dhanoki Das, Mukesh Das, and Sanju Das are local anti-social elements.<br />
On 8 June 2007 at around 10.00pm, while Jageshwar Rabi Das was lying on the terrace of his<br />
house, Dhanoki Das, Mukesh Das, and Sarju Das arrived and demanded money from him for<br />
purchasing liquor. When Jageshwar Rabi Das refused to give them money, they pounced on<br />
him and started beating him severely. His 16 year-old daughter Lata Das rushed to save her<br />
father and attempted to protect him from the perpetrators. She was also beaten up severely. One<br />
of the assailants hit her head with a brick and injured her eye. Lata Das became unconscious.<br />
The perpetrators continued battering Jageshwar. His loud cry drew the attention of the neighbors<br />
and they recused him and his daughter.<br />
Jageshwar Rabi and Lata Das were sent to the Bartala PS. Duty Officer Rabin Haldar sent them<br />
to the R.G. Kar Hospital for a medical check-up and treatment. One of Lata Das’s eyes was<br />
badly affected. Jageshwar Rabi Das’s hip was dislocated.<br />
Annual <strong>Report</strong> on Torture<br />
2007<br />
Jageshwar Rabi and Lata Das went to the Bartala PS again with their medical reports to lodge a<br />
complaint. The Duty Officer recorded the Diary but refused to give them a General Diary<br />
Number. Jageshwar Rabi Das’s companions asked the police to start a police case and to<br />
arrest the perpetrators, but the Duty Officer police was rude to them. The Duty Offier also<br />
threatened that if they pressured him to arrest the perpetrators, then he would put them into the<br />
police lock up or shove them out of the police station. Jageshwar Rabi and Lata Das returned<br />
home.